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Risk-sharing: A ‘well-intentioned’ disaster for colleges?

Higher Ed Dive

Experts say a push to make institutions responsible for unpaid student loans could hit hardest on those serving historically underrepresented students.

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Diversity in the First-year Class at the Ivy Plus Institutions

Higher Ed Data Stories

I'm not sure where to begin on this one, so let's veer off topic a bit. I've decided I'll likely be phasing out Higher Ed Data Stories in the near future as I go into retirement and start my new venture , which is soft launched but not officially open for business. When I do, I'll be posting regularly on my blog over there , but won't be putting everything out on the web for free, as I've been doing on this site.

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What will happen when a university fails to prevent fraud?

Wonkhe

The new offence of failure to prevent fraud makes it even more important that you know what is being done in the name of your university.

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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In the heart of Baltimore, a remarkable transformation is taking place at Coppin State University under the visionary leadership of President Dr. Anthony Jenkins. Since taking the helm in 2020, Jenkins has orchestrated a data-driven renaissance that has revolutionized student success rates and institutional effectiveness. The numbers tell a compelling story of transformation for the historically Black college and university (HBCU).

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Congress Could Make Paying for College Even More Complicated

Inside Higher Ed

Congress Could Make Paying for College Even More Complicated Liam Knox Mon, 05/12/2025 - 03:00 AM House Republicans proposed sweeping changes to financial aid, federal loans and program cost estimates that could make paying for college more challenging and expensive.

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Breaking: UK Graduate Route reduced to 18 months under immigration white paper

The PIE News

The Graduate Route will be reduced from two years to 18 months Use of the Agent Quality Framework will become mandatory for any institution using recruitment agents to attract international students Compliance requirements for institutions sponsoring international students will be tightened New English language requirements for student dependants and skilled workers The UK government’s immigration white paper has been released today, tightening every area of the UK’s immigration syst

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Sonoma State U. Is Making Big Cuts to Close a Budget Hole. What Will Be Left?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Will Sonoma State U.'s reinvention to plug a $24-million hole pay off? By Maddie Khaw The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.

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A Statement from Constitutional Law Scholars on Columbia

Academe Blog

POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following extraordinary statement was published today in the New York Review of Books and is reposted here with their permission. The statement’s signatories include virtually every leading First Amendment scholar in the country, conservative and liberal.

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Cambridge risks losing ‘unbelievable talent’ amid PhD funding cut

The Guardian - Higher Education

Warning by vice-chancellor Deborah Prentice comes as Silicon Valley planned between Oxford and Cambridge The University of Cambridge risks losing unbelievable talent owing to a drop-off in funding for PhDs, the vice-chancellor has cautioned. Prof Deborah Prentice, who took over as vice-chancellor in 2023, described PhD students as the lifeblood of the universitys research and innovation work, and expressed concern that funding from research councils had dropped off significantly.

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Vickie Cook Champions Microcredentials and AI as Keys to Higher Ed’s Future

MindMax

In a conversation with MindMax CEO Lee Maxey, Vickie Cook, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment and Retention Management at the University of Illinois Springfield, shares her insights on navigating budget constraints, leveraging AI in education, and the critical role of microcredentials in addressing current challenges. Dr. Cook emphasizes the need for universities to tell their story in ways that resonate with legislators, communities, and students, advocating for breaking free from legacy practices

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Judge greenlights racketeering lawsuit against Grand Canyon Education

Higher Ed Dive

Plaintiffs say the educational services provider misrepresented program costs, but the company says students couldn't have been "caught by surprise.

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A final post as a farewell and thanks

Higher Ed Data Stories

It's been said the Internet is like a party: You don't have to announce that you're leaving. But this will be the final post on Higher Ed Data Stories. After 4,183 days, it's time to call it quits. To save myself the time necessary to reply to both of you who are still faithfully reading these posts, I feel compelled to offer a few words of explanation.

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As universities embrace the civic, they must transcend activist/academic binaries

Wonkhe

Ed Stevens and Rebecca Pericleous describe how universities should deploy activist-in-residence schemes to democratise academic practice

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HBCU Leaders Unite to Address Threats to Black Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Roderick L. Smothers In a powerful response to growing challenges facing Black students and institutions, Virginia Union University (VUU) recently convened over 250 educational leaders for an urgent national summit addressing the state of Black education in America. The virtual B.L.A.C. (Black Leadership Across Campuses) Summit, held on April 3, brought together university presidents, scholars, K-12 administrators, policymakers, and students for a candid three-hour discussion on systemic bar

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Can Scientific Research Survive Without Federal Funding?

Inside Higher Ed

Can Scientific Research Survive Without Federal Funding? kathryn.palmer Mon, 05/12/2025 - 03:00 AM Universities are offering temporary relief to researchers whose projects have been disrupted by federal funding cuts. But it won't help in the long term, and experts say industry and philanthropy are in no position to make up for the losses.

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“Third Mumbai” set to welcome UK, US, Australian campuses

The PIE News

The Maharashtra government is inviting universities to establish campuses in Third Mumbai” a new urban development planned on the outskirts of Navi Mumbai, a planned city in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The announcement was made by Maharashtra chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, at a US-India Business Council event in Indias financial capital. We will be creating Edu City in this new Mumbai.

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AI for everyone – but not everything

HEPI

Mary Curnock Cook CBE chairs the Emerge/Jisc HE Edtech Advisory Board, and Bess Brennan is Chief of University Partnerships with Cadmus. Cadmus is running a series of collaborative roundtables with UK university leaders about the challenges and opportunities of generative AI in higher education. Yesterday, Wednesday 26th February, HEPI and Kortext published the Student Generative AI Survey 2025: you can read that here.

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Get Results in 2025: Key Education Marketing Strategies for Success

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 8 minutes Education marketing is poised for a transformative shift in 2025. As technological innovations accelerate and global competition intensifies, schools, colleges, and universities must adopt strategies that meet the evolving expectations of prospective students. If youre new to educational marketing or administration, you may benefit from a working definition of the topic were exploring.

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Communications About Threats On Campus

Academe Blog

By Matthew Boedy University of North Georgia police log from April 8, 2025 On April 8th our school had a gun incident that involved a student making threats against the campus. But this story isnt about that scary situation. Its about my school administrations epic communications failure about the incident. Incidents like this show why principles of academic freedom and shared governance matter.

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Training the Next Generation of Space Cybersecurity Experts

Campus Technology

CT asked Scott Shackelford, Indiana University professor of law and director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, about the possible emergence of space cybersecurity as a separate field that would support changing practices and foster future space cybersecurity leaders.

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Melissa Maybury Lubin Wants Higher Ed to Be Affordable, Accessible, and Achievable

MindMax

In a recent conversation, MindMax CEO Lee Maxey sat down with Melissa Maybury Lubin, Dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia, to discuss the evolving role of higher education in a rapidly changing world. Dr. Lubins passion for lifelong learning and her belief in the transformative power of education are evident throughout the discussion.

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Class of 2025 grads are experiencing disconnect between job expectations and reality, study finds

Higher Ed Dive

Soon-to-be graduates believe they’ll secure a job sooner than recent graduates have experienced, ZipRecruiter said.

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How universities can foster soft skills to prepare career-ready graduates

University Business

A diploma may open the door to an interview, but its the soft skills of a graduate that often clinch the job and ensure long-term success. Yet, employers have voiced a growing concern: many college graduates lack the critical soft skills communication, teamwork, problem-solving, adaptability, and ethical judgment needed in todays workplace. Nearly three in four employers report difficulty finding graduates who excel in these areas.

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The National Audit Office’s review of UKRI has lessons for the government

Wonkhe

Charles Nancarrow sets out what the NAOs review of UKRIs grant support tells us about the governments wider ambitions for innovation

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Value Entrepreneurs – Driven by Mission

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Dr. Joshua Travis Brown formerly enslaved educator purchases a plantation to create a school for freed persons. A group of monks arrives by foot at an immigrant community in the throes of poverty, eventually developing a network of social services. Tribal leaders sheltering from windswept plains combat the disillusionment of their reservations youth through education.

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Conservatives Clash Over Ono Hire at UF

Inside Higher Ed

Conservatives Clash Over Ono Hire at UF Josh Moody Thu, 05/08/2025 - 01:39 PM Santa Ono appears poised to jump from the University of Michigan to the top job at the University of Florida. But some powerful conservative figures have concerns over DEI.

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Explained: reporting international student ‘no-shows’ in the big four

The PIE News

The four biggest destinations for international education the US , the UK , Canada and Australia have traditionally been the most popular places students flock to for their education. Also known as the ‘big four’, each of these destinations welcome hundreds of thousands of international students every year. Each country has introduced processes to keep tabs on international students who don’t enrol onto their program after accepting an offer, as governments and institutions c

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Exporting Degrees, Importing Responsibility: Rethinking Careers Support for International Graduates

HEPI

By Professor Amanda J. Broderick , Vice-Chancellor & President at the University of East London. It wasnt so long ago that universities across the UK were rallying to preserve the graduate visa route, a vital lifeline for international students and higher education. When the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) concluded there was no significant abuse of the pathway and recognised its immense value, the sector exhaled a collective sigh of relief.

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Faculty Hiring Is Under Federal Scrutiny at Harvard

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Emma Pettit The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has pointed to the university's own data showing a decline in white, male professors.

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Indispensable Instructional Designers at Professional Schools 

Faculty Focus

There are many ways to design a course in higher education, but why do it alone? As the educational landscape continues to evolve, the role of an instructional designer (ID) has become necessary. ID Benefits While traditionally associated with K-12, higher ed, and the corporate world, IDs can bring transformative benefits to professional schools (programs offering terminal degrees for a specific profession) and support faculty in their endeavors to innovate and engage students.

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How Higher Ed Institutions Are Using Built-In Generative AI Tools

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

With generative artificial intelligence exploding in higher education, students, faculty and staff are eager to get their hands on these powerful tools. To meet the need, some IT teams are leveraging AI in the products they already have. In December 2023, for example, Microsoft made Copilot available to all higher education students and faculty as part of Microsoft 365.

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Live Workshop on Promoting Your Book Online for Academics

The Academic Designer

On April 12, 2025, join Dr. Sheena Howard and Jennifer van Alstyne for a workshop on how to share your academic book and research effectively online. Are you open to enhancing your visibility and media presence? Sign up for this interactive virtual event.

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College students — and those not enrolled — see the value in higher education

Higher Ed Dive

The majority of students expect their credentials to help them make enough money to live comfortably, according to a Gallup and Lumina Foundation poll.

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Colorado reversal on misgendering ban is a crisis averted but a danger revealed

FIRE

Colorado lawmakers just gutted a bill that would've punished misgendering. Call it a victory for free speech, but we should reflect on how we came so close to losing.

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How commuter students show up in new access and participation plans

Wonkhe

Mack Marshall takes a look at the second wave of access and participation plans and analyses how and where commuter students show up.

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